Apr. 5, 2013
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by Ted Berg, USA TODAY Sports

by Ted Berg, USA TODAY Sports

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With much of the sports-following world still heated about the video that showed now-dismissed Rutgers head basketball coach Mike Rice physically and verbally abusing his players, leave it to former Braves infielder and obvious 80s-movie villain Larry "Chipper" Jones to come to Rice's defense:

But just because something has happened in the past doesn't justify its continuing in the future. The idea is for us all to get better, right? And there's a pretty big distinction between a coach disciplining a player with wind sprints and a coach firing basketballs and homophobic slurs at his team.